raining. the outer band still lashing puerto rico. t a least four deaths reported so far. emergency crews have rescued more than 1,000 people. the efforts are still ongoing as responders try to get to people in hard to reach areas. parts of puerto rico are still recovering from hurricane maria that made landfall there five years ago today. cnn s leyla santiago is live for us in san juan. what are you hearing? brianna and john, as i checked in with families this morning, if you were in san juan, the metropolitan area, there is a small portion of areas that have had power restored. they are getting water back this morning. but if you are in the interior, if you were on the southern coast, really hit hard by hurricane fiona, there is still no power, no water. there are still people at shelters, and there are still crews trying to get access to some areas because of that flooding. i know you went over a lot of the numbers in terms of how much water has come down, the deaths
Hello, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im javad at the cnn center in atlanta where it is when i am here. U. S. President ial biden will make a second visit this year to an active war zone, traveling to israel wednesday a traumatic show support which comes at a crucial moment, more than a week after is the president attacked by a moment and its really a Ground Offensive in gaza is believed to be a minute. Eight days near constant is really airstrikes have left gaza facing a humanitarian crisis like never before. White house officials are increasingly concerned about a regional escalation. Yes Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken announced the president s visit to chen American Diplomatic Mission across the middle east. He is coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. The president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with israel. Our ironclad commitment towards security. The president will hear from israel w
The time. All right. Well, im glad you had one in the past few hours. I know each one of those has got to give you at least a sense of calm. Paul, thank you so much. I aappreciate you joining us. Thanks so much to all of you for being with us for our continuing breaking coverage. Breaking coverage. Ac 360 begins now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. In israel. The war here in the last hour or so may be widening or entering a new phase beyond just hamas and gaza to the south. Just a short time ago, Israels Defense Forces saying the idf the striking what it calls hezbollah Terror Targets in lebanon. So, theres that new development. And in a few hours, with troops on the verge of going into gaza, people here will be waking up to what could be the first of many Hostage Videos to come. Hamas released the first one in the overnight hours. The footage is of a 21yearold french israeli woman. Now, this is not from the video that hamas put out, which were not broadcasting, beca
Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. And we start today of course with our world lead. And a new warning about the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in gaza. Today u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken returned to israel after meeting with multiple allies throughout the middle east. Trying to get a humanitarian corridor open for innocents to evacuate from gaza before israel ramps up attacks on hamas. Right now israel is pointing the civilians toward the Southern Gate into egypt, known as the Rafah Crossing which is still clowes. Video shows dozens families including babies waiting next to locked gates. A u. S. Government memo showed more than 250 u. S. Citizens in Southern Gaza waiting for the crossing to open. And earlier reports suggested that it was the Egyptian Government to open the gate when i pressed Jake Sullivan on this issue yesterday, he blamed the closure on on altogether different group. The egyptians have in fact agreed to allow americans to depart to get safe p
Room. Happening now, Breaking News. New warnings that gaza is on the brink of complete catastrophe amid horrific scenes of destruction and increasingly dire shortages of lifesaving supplies. Civilians desperate to leave gaza, trapped, with a critical Border Crossing into egypt remaining closed this hour. Israeli forces declaring theyre ready to launch the next phase of their response to the hamas Terror Attacks with troops appearing poised for a fullscale Ground Invasion of gaza. Were tracking all the military humanitarian, and diplomatic moves, including new u. S. Efforts to prevent the conflict from exploding into a much wider middle east war. Here in the United States, President Biden says he is making the prevention of hate crimes against jewish, muslim, and arabamericans a priority. The newest target of violence, a 6yearold little Palestinian American Boy who was stabbed to death near chicago. Another major breaking story were following, House Republicans are set to meet this hour